Flight (movie)

Why did Virgin America make a 5 hour and 45 minute film about the most boring plane ride ever? "Blah Airlines Flight 101" is an ad campaign and movie (likely not an Oscar contender) rolled into one. It is to debut Friday at the Dallas International Film Festival. The movie charts a real-time flight from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco on a fictitious rival airline -- no name other than Blah -- on which all the passengers are creepy-looking mannequins. AdWeek calls it a "Warholian Web film." The message, of course, is a dig at flying on Blah Airlines instead of on hip Virgin America. Festival-goers in Dallas who sit through the entire film will receive...

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